William Henry Knife Hand Engraving Gold Inlay

Here's a William Henry Knife that I hand engraved with some gold inlay on the beak of the birds using 24k gold wire about 0.5mm in diameter.
Showing the steps from drawing design to finished engraving.

[@j.robertgibson1496]

That technique of cutting your under cut area inside of your outlines is nice. I bet it makes it a ton easier to clean up , and preserves the original size of the drawing.

[@dennyengraving]

Yes, I try to give a little room when inlaying to protect the outline of the design.

[@theartofcraft4480]

I love your videos pls share more of them the proces of engraving is awesome and i would like to learn more greatings from czech republik

[@dennyengraving]

Thank you!

[@sergeybulash2740]

Your idea with a bird's head original I like it very much

[@dennyengraving]

Thank you 🙏

[@kalliedutoit5330]

Thats awesome .very nice!!!

[@dennyengraving]

Thank you 🙏

[@vittorioghiozzi2038]

Buon lavoro
Complimenti ;
Buon gusto e tecnica

[@hi-ml2wt]

Thats truly awesome, congrats. Do you think that in the future this kind of job will disappear because of the the machines? Like Cad Cam ....? I really want to learn to hand engrave but I'm worried about the future of this job.

[@dennyengraving]

Thanks. I think there is a niche for hand made stuff, not done by computer.

[@hi-ml2wt]

thanks for responding@@dennyengraving

[@Gojirafistful]

Was the initial design done on transparent paper? How do you usually transfer. The work looks great

[@dennyengraving]

I used clear film and inkjet printer for this project.

[@yodasayrelax9625]

Like, Круто!

[@dennyengraving]

Thanks!

[@YousAHunter]

whats a good metal to start with for inlaying? I was thinking of trying copper or brass for inlays but im not sure

[@dennyengraving]

Use soft copper wire on carbon steel for practice inlay.